Vehicle.



No. 817,739. PATENTED APR. 10, 1906. J. LOEPP.

VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27. 1904.

Jo/)1? Zoe op WITNESSES IIVVENTOR BY H/S ATTOR/VEV 2. They UNITED STATESPATENT oEEI I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 10, 1906.

Application filed May 27,1904. Serial N0. 210,090.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN Lo PP, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing near Tacoma, in the county of Pierce-an State ofWashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVehicles, of

which the fell owing is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying draw- This invention relates to vehicles, especially tothat class adapted for use on farms and parts of the country Where thesoil is soft, Iniry, or boggy, and has for its objects, first, toprovide a vehicle which shall be able to bear heavyloads without cuttingthe soils excessively second, which will not sink so deep in the HIII'Bas to make it im ossible for a horse to extract it; third, in w 'ch theroller will climb over obstructions of moderate size, and, fourth, whichisreversible. I attain these objects by the devices illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in Which Figure l is a side view of my vehicle.Fig. 2 is an end view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a sec tion of one endthereof.

Similar numerals of reference refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

, have illustrated my vehicle as Ct. nsisting of four planks 1, runninglongitudinally and each secured to three cross-frames 2,constructed,.preferably, of metal and being bent down at each end toreceive the bearingboxes 3 of the three wheels or rollers. These boxes 3can be secured into the frames 2 in any suitable manner, and in someinstances it may be advisable to have a spring connection therebetween.

refer to mount my vehicle on three whee s or rollers, the end wheel." 4being of slightlyless diameter than the center whee 5; but all of themare of the shape shown in Fig. extend across the vehicle between theturned-down ends of the frames 2 and have their greatest diameter atabout the same gage as is usual with vehicles at the present time,taper-in r toward the center, where the smallest diameter is, and alsorounded off toward the ends. Thus with a light load and hard soil mywheels will roll on a very small surface, whieh will increase with g theload and with the softness of the soil. The end wheels 4 being ofsmaller diameter, serve to facilitate turning the vehicle and to placethe greater portion of the load on the middle wheel 5. i

The ole 6 is provided with an enlarged end 7, aving a notch thereinadapted to fit around the strap 8, to which the hook 9 for receiving thering of the whiflietree is attached. The cross-strap 10 is lower thanthe strap 8. The straps 8 and 10 and the hook 9 are-duplicated at theother end, so that the ole 6 may be 'cle. The p0 e 6 is placed inposition-by lifting its outer end up and insertin the end 7 between thestra s 8 and 10 and t en lowering the outer end: so that the slotor-notch in the end 7 will engage the stra 8.

The rounded ends of the whee s 4 and 5 are also valuable as enablin thewheel to climb over obstacles without forcing the wheel to one side.

I have illustrated my vehicle as having three wheels and as beingadapted for farms; but I do not confine myself to the number of wheelsused nor to the form of the vehiclebody, as I find that it is also welladapted for hand-trucks, especially where tracks or similar obstructionshave to be crossed.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A double vehicle-wheel extending in one body across ,the vehicleand-formed with a continuous bearing-sin'faee of constantly-var ingdiameter to present a double conical s ape with rounded ends withoutangles or edges or corners.

n testimony whereof I allix my signature in prescm c f two witnesses.

. .Il )IIN LOIGPP Witnesses:

F. I. IIAsKELL, J12, Gnu. E. DIXON.

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